The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manufacturing over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manufacturing
Rank 104 82 119
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +37
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 95 108 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 2.226% 2.894% 1.364%
As % of the General category 5.882% 8.504% 4.486%
Number of salaries quoted 58 58 46
Average salary £40,250 £55,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.81% +22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,200 £29,250 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1615 1270 1226
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 37.85% 34.03% 30.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1281 1036 1042
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +1.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,650 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £67,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Manufacturing across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Manchester Manufacturing Jobs Demand Trend

Manufacturing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Manufacturing across the Manchester region.

Manchester Manufacturing Salary Trend

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manufacturing across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Manchester Manufacturing Salary Histogram

Manufacturing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oldham - 17 - - 2
Altrincham - 11 £34,000 -
Bolton - 5 £25,000 - 3
Stockport -2 3 £41,500 +22.05% 1
Wigan - 1 £45,000 -
Bury - 1 £24,500 -
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Manufacturing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Manufacturing.

1 47 (30.92%) Retail
2 43 (28.29%) SAP
3 31 (20.39%) Microsoft
4 29 (19.08%) SQL Server
5 27 (17.76%) SQL
6 26 (17.11%) .NET
6 26 (17.11%) Degree
7 23 (15.13%) SAP APO
7 23 (15.13%) Windows
7 23 (15.13%) Finance
8 21 (13.82%) SAP PP
9 20 (13.16%) VB.NET
9 20 (13.16%) Integration Testing
10 18 (11.84%) Games
11 17 (11.18%) VB6
11 17 (11.18%) VB
12 16 (10.53%) MS Excel
13 15 (9.868%) Oracle
13 15 (9.868%) Java
14 14 (9.211%) Dynamics AX
15 13 (8.553%) C++
16 12 (7.895%) Advertising
17 11 (7.237%) Programme Management
17 11 (7.237%) ERP
17 11 (7.237%) UML
18 10 (6.579%) OO
18 10 (6.579%) Electronics
19 9 (5.921%) C#
19 9 (5.921%) VPN
20 8 (5.263%) Business Intelligence

Manufacturing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Manufacturing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Manufacturing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (17.11%) .NET
2 5 (3.289%) Web Services
3 3 (1.974%) XML
3 3 (1.974%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.974%) J2SE
4 2 (1.316%) WPF
4 2 (1.316%) XHTML
4 2 (1.316%) ASP
5 1 (0.658%) COM
5 1 (0.658%) CSS
5 1 (0.658%) JDBC
5 1 (0.658%) JSP
5 1 (0.658%) Servlets
5 1 (0.658%) GWT
5 1 (0.658%) jQuery
5 1 (0.658%) HTML5
5 1 (0.658%) CGI
5 1 (0.658%) BAPI
5 1 (0.658%) SAP XI
5 1 (0.658%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.632%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.316%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.658%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.658%) CMS
3 1 (0.658%) GlassFish
3 1 (0.658%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.658%) IIS
3 1 (0.658%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.658%) Apache
Applications
1 16 (10.53%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.947%) MS Office
3 4 (2.632%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 23 (15.13%) SAP APO
2 21 (13.82%) SAP PP
3 14 (9.211%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (3.289%) SAP BPC
5 4 (2.632%) SAP FI
6 3 (1.974%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (1.974%) SAP CO
7 2 (1.316%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (1.316%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (1.316%) SAP MM
7 2 (1.316%) SAP SD
7 2 (1.316%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.658%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.658%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.658%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.658%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.658%) Bond Adapt
8 1 (0.658%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.921%) VPN
2 5 (3.289%) LAN
2 5 (3.289%) WAN
3 4 (2.632%) SAN
3 4 (2.632%) MPLS
4 2 (1.316%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.658%) ADSL
5 1 (0.658%) DNS
5 1 (0.658%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.658%) RIP
5 1 (0.658%) OSPF
5 1 (0.658%) BGP
5 1 (0.658%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.658%) Firewall
5 1 (0.658%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.658%) VPLS
5 1 (0.658%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.658%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.658%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (19.08%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.263%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.632%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (1.974%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.974%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.974%) DB2
4 3 (1.974%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (1.316%) MySQL
5 2 (1.316%) SAP BI
5 2 (1.316%) InterSystems Cache
5 2 (1.316%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.316%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.658%) BODI
6 1 (0.658%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.658%) QlikView
6 1 (0.658%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.658%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.658%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.658%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (1.316%) Visual Studio
1 2 (1.316%) Eclipse
1 2 (1.316%) ERwin
2 1 (0.658%) LSMW
2 1 (0.658%) GCC
General
1 47 (30.92%) Retail
2 23 (15.13%) Finance
3 18 (11.84%) Games
4 12 (7.895%) Advertising
5 10 (6.579%) Electronics
6 8 (5.263%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (3.947%) Marketing
7 6 (3.947%) Automotive
8 5 (3.289%) Publishing
8 5 (3.289%) Telecoms
8 5 (3.289%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.974%) Legal
10 2 (1.316%) Banking
11 1 (0.658%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 28 (18.42%) Consultant
2 25 (16.45%) Developer
3 17 (11.18%) Systems Developer
4 16 (10.53%) Software Engineer
5 14 (9.211%) Analyst
6 11 (7.237%) SAP Consultant
7 9 (5.921%) Graduate Developer
7 9 (5.921%) Graduate
8 8 (5.263%) Lead Developer
8 8 (5.263%) Procurement Specialist
9 6 (3.947%) Quality Manager
9 6 (3.947%) Dynamics AX Consultant
10 5 (3.289%) Support Analyst
10 5 (3.289%) Programme Manager
10 5 (3.289%) Programme Director
11 4 (2.632%) Coordinator
12 3 (1.974%) Architect
12 3 (1.974%) Sales Consultant
12 3 (1.974%) Help Desk Analyst
12 3 (1.974%) Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.263%) Client/Server
1 8 (5.263%) Computer Science
2 7 (4.605%) Mathematics
3 5 (3.289%) SCADA
4 3 (1.974%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.974%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.316%) NHS
5 2 (1.316%) DTV
5 2 (1.316%) Life Science
5 2 (1.316%) FMCG
5 2 (1.316%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.658%) Visualisation
6 1 (0.658%) EqualLogic
6 1 (0.658%) Social Media
6 1 (0.658%) Arduino
6 1 (0.658%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 23 (15.13%) Windows
2 8 (5.263%) UNIX
3 5 (3.289%) Linux
4 3 (1.974%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (1.974%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (1.974%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.316%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.658%) Android
6 1 (0.658%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.658%) AIX
6 1 (0.658%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.658%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (13.16%) Integration Testing
2 11 (7.237%) UML
2 11 (7.237%) ERP
2 11 (7.237%) Programme Management
3 10 (6.579%) OO
4 8 (5.263%) Benchmarking
4 8 (5.263%) CAD
4 8 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (4.605%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (4.605%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (3.947%) Logistics
6 6 (3.947%) Supplier Management
7 5 (3.289%) Software Engineering
7 5 (3.289%) Refactoring
7 5 (3.289%) Project Management
7 5 (3.289%) OOD
7 5 (3.289%) ETL
7 5 (3.289%) Migration
8 4 (2.632%) Data Modelling
8 4 (2.632%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 27 (17.76%) SQL
2 20 (13.16%) VB.NET
3 17 (11.18%) VB
3 17 (11.18%) VB6
4 15 (9.868%) Java
5 13 (8.553%) C++
6 9 (5.921%) C#
7 8 (5.263%) PHP
8 7 (4.605%) C
9 5 (3.289%) ABAP
10 4 (2.632%) X++
11 3 (1.974%) Python
11 3 (1.974%) Perl
11 3 (1.974%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.974%) Bash shell
12 2 (1.316%) MUMPS
12 2 (1.316%) VBA
13 1 (0.658%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.658%) Lua
13 1 (0.658%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (17.11%) Degree
2 4 (2.632%) CCIE
2 4 (2.632%) CCNP
2 4 (2.632%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (1.974%) CCNA
4 2 (1.316%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (1.316%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.658%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.658%) ACCA
5 1 (0.658%) CIPFA
5 1 (0.658%) CIMA
5 1 (0.658%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.658%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.947%) SLA
2 1 (0.658%) GAAP
2 1 (0.658%) QA
System Software
1 8 (5.263%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.632%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.658%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 43 (28.29%) SAP
2 31 (20.39%) Microsoft
3 15 (9.868%) Oracle
4 6 (3.947%) Cisco
4 6 (3.947%) VMware
4 6 (3.947%) Google
5 4 (2.632%) Business Objects
5 4 (2.632%) HP
6 3 (1.974%) Wonderware
6 3 (1.974%) Siemens
7 2 (1.316%) Adobe
7 2 (1.316%) Teradata
7 2 (1.316%) NetApp
8 1 (0.658%) Lotus
8 1 (0.658%) SolidWorks
8 1 (0.658%) Dell
8 1 (0.658%) EMC
8 1 (0.658%) Citrix
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